{"id":5179,"date":"2024-11-28T01:39:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2024-11-28T02:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:28:59","slug":"aztec-metaphysics-lao-tzu-and-the-flow-of-thought-exploring-rheomode-in-everyday-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/aztec-metaphysics-lao-tzu-and-the-flow-of-thought-exploring-rheomode-in-everyday-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Aztec Metaphysics, Lao Tzu, and the Flow of Thought: Exploring Rheomode in Everyday Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m reading James Maffie<\/a>\u2019s Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion<\/a><\/em> and Ursula K. Le Guin<\/a>\u2019s Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching<\/a>, and the two books complement each other nicely. As much as I love Le Guin, I must admit that I prefer John Ching Hsiung Wu<\/a>\u2019s version of Tao Te Ching<\/a><\/em> because it feels more natural to my Western ears. In any case, these books remind me of David Bohm<\/a>\u2019s Wholeness and the Implicated Order<\/a><\/em>, specifically his rheomode<\/a> \u2013 an experimental language based on verbs, and wondering how I can incorporate it into everyday conversation and thought.<\/p>\n\n

In rheomode, the above might go something like this:<\/p>\n\n

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Reading-occurring James Maffie\u2019s Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion<\/em> interweaves with Ursula K. Le Guin\u2019s Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching<\/em>, complementing-flowing harmoniously. Loving-Le Guin persists, yet preferring John Ching Hsiung Wu\u2019s Tao Te Ching<\/em> arises, resonating more naturally with Western-hearing. Reminding-happening through these books occurs, flowing into David Bohm\u2019s Wholeness and the Implicate Order<\/em>, particularly rheomoding\u2014experimenting with verbing-language. Wondering unfolds on incorporating rheomoding into every-day conversing and thinking-flowing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
It\u2019s a real humdinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019m reading James Maffie\u2019s Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion and Ursula K. Le Guin\u2019s Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, and the two books complement each other nicely. As much as I love Le Guin, I must admit that I prefer John Ching Hsiung Wu\u2019s version of Tao Te Ching because it feels more … <\/p>\n
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